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Hi bees! In the other thread speaking about careers, someone mentioned the pay was good for her age. This made me wonder what the average salary is for women early in their careers. I realize this will vary by industry and location, but maybe it will give some insight!
I voted what it was before I quit my job at the beginning of last month.
In NYC I was making $75k and am 27 years old.
For my position I was actually fairly underpaid. Average for the job was $100k.
I worked as a Business Analyst in the Financial Industry.
I'm a 28 year old web developer living in Kansas City. I make $57K.
I'm a Land Admin for an Oil & Gas Company, I'm 24 and I make $54K a year.
I'm 24 and make $60K/year in Regulatory Affairs (Biomedical engineering degree).
DH is 25 and makes about $63K/year as a healthcare consultant (Industrial engineering degree).
(I included us both since I know you go to GT like we did. Thought I'd include the extra GT grad!)
I'm an x-ray tech in a Chicago suburb, I make $52K/year base plus overtime
@Mrs.KMM: I thought about doing my degree in biomedical engineering. I was a bio major instead, I hope to get back into biotech at some point. Probably on the business side now.
I make about 30K a year and am an office manager in Santa Barbara. That's barely scraping by here. Lameface. :(
@KatNYC2011: A Bio major who became a Business Analyst in the Financial Industry, hum?? That can't be the typical pathway! :)
I definitely have more interest in the pure sciences side of BME than the engineering side. If I hadn't been BME, I probably would have been Bio or BioChem over some other type of engineering. I thought about going to grad school for virology or my MPH.
It ranges from 85 - 90k depending on bonus season, 26 and a Financial Analyst in NYC
@Mrs.KMM: Yeah.. pretty non-standard career path, but I really enjoy the work.
My dream job would be something in the horse world, but I think I'm just going to have to find a career I like enough to support my horse habit!
definately location will make a difference. Think about cost of living in San Francisco vs South Bend, Indiana?!
I'm a grad student/ college instructor. They pay me in tears and inferiority.
But seriously, I make juuuuuust enough to make rent and buy food and beer for 2 people in a major city in California, pending no mishaps or emergencies. Knock on wood.
@Beluga: Gotta love how you are/are educating the next generation, but the pay is barely enough to get by.
Since I'm only working part-time at my position right now I'm only making about 12k a year but I think my pay is pretty good for working in a public library, plus I have great benefits and an excellent chance of moving up.
@Beluga: Ditto on the tears & inferiority.
Grad student & instructor, here. I make $16,000. Impossible to save for a wedding, let alone live a life on that, so I picked up a second job.
I work in the Finance Dept, and I am working on my BA degree in accounting. I make right around 32k
NYC attorney. 29 y-o
$185K + bonus (which I hope is good this year. Gotta pay down some loans baby). Money is great. Work is hard. Is it worth it? Most definitely. As an aside, I was on corporette.com recently and read a "Do you consider yourself rich?" post. I thought that was interesting. I think I am going to start a spin-off thread.
I make about $34k/year. I do AP/AR, admin type stuff. I was at $45k/year working as a Purchasing Assistant for a homebuilder, but then the market crashed and I've slowly worked my salary up to where it is now.
I'm in Phx metro area in AZ.
ETA: I'm 28
@RayRayFurious: But that is only until you are done with school right? I tell you, in law school I woulda been happy to be able to teach to make some dough. I understand PhDs can (and usually do) take considerably longer though.
I am an admin at a non-profit in NYC. Let's just say that if it wasn't for my FI, I would be living with my parents...
I am currently unemployed due to moving to be with my FI. My original plan was to substitute teach, but in the districts here they only pay $60 a day. That $7.50/hr and no future teaching job is worth that! In the district I came from I was making $80/day.
I have an interview today for a job that is 20-25 hours a week and $12.50 an hour. I have a good background for the job and think I am a good canidate. It isn't exactly something I want to do with my life or the pay rate I feel like I should be making, but it will get me out of the house for a couple of hours a day and add to our savings.
ETA: We will only be living here for 2-3 years. I'm 23.
The teaching is part of an assistantship. So it's not like a side gig.
In the way academia is looking, especially in my field, I'll probably be an adjunct teaching 5 classes a semester making $30,000, which is not bad...But I will never be one of those professors making 6 figures and more. It's just not present in my field.
The PhD route in my field isn't always helpful to find a job or make money, so I'm not sure about more schooling at the moment.
Very interesting. Sometimes I feel caught up in the positions on in "my field" and forget about all the other opportunities out there! It's only fair that I chime in... I'll be 23 when I start my full-time job and I'll be making $65k in supply chain. When FI graduates with his masters, he should start in the upper $80's also in supply chain.
I am a Doctoral student studying Physiology and my stipend is about 20K a year in Delaware. Hoping all these years of school pay off someday!!!
I'm 25 and make about $65 as a programmer in the DC area. This is actually kind of low, since I haven't applied for a raise since I started. I know people who I started with that are in the $70 - $75 range, and that seems about average.
@RayRayFurious: No, I know TAing is part of the gig. I just wished I could have in law school. I am confused though. Are you a Masters or a PhD student?
I'm 22 and make $23,000. I work in a psych clinic as a pre-doctoral, post-baccalaureate employee - It's meant to be a transient training position for me to improve my skills and go on to get my PhD. Once I get accepted to a school, I'll be making around a $26,000 stipend, then hopefully on upwards from there as I rise up the ranks!
PS I live in Titletown (ok Gainesville), FL, and it's cheap as dirt to live here.
@MsYellowJacket: 50k per year, which is below what I am worth. However, I accepted a job after a layoff and being underemployed for a while with no benefits. So I am grateful for this job, but I know I am being grossly underpaid. I really should be getting paid a minimum of 75k per year. The good that came out of this though is I am halfway through a master's degree which will increase my earning potential even higher.
I'm 22 and I'm a Senior IT Administrator (basically IT Director without the Director title). I'm making less than I should be but I'm at just about $50k right now. Granted I do live in Las Vegas and if I moved back home to NY the equivalent salary is just about $80k, and I'd make more like $95k+ if I were actually paid what I'm worth.
Probably less than 10k at the moment, and I'm fine with it. I'm 22, just graduated with my BA in English, and I'm working as an intern for an awesome company that does historic restoration. I'd love to land a job that allows me to write and/or edit full-time in some capacity, but I also realize that the crappy economy means it'll be a while before I can start on my "real" career.
Interning post-graduation sucks a little, but I'm glad to at least have a job.
I'm 22 and work as an Advertising Specialist and I make 33k/year.
@Mrs Grape: do you have your own blog? a lot of times journalistic/creative jobs like to see that you have one. I've been trying to start one but I lack the motivation.
Also in grad school, so I'm just now breaking the 10K mark...because I have two jobs. Good times. But once I graduate with my masters, starting salaries in my field are generally 30s through 50s, especially as I'm in a small city with low cost of living and corresponding income, usually.
@MASPA: No blog, but I have a ton of clippings from various magazines, papers, websites, etc. I've written for. I've never heard of having a blog being beneficial...might have to look into that.
I'm an auditor, with a BS in Business Admin - concentration Accounting. I make $62k a year. I am 22. I am currently 1/4 of the way through my MBA.
I'm 24. Full-time job. And I was happy with my starting salary untl I read this thread. And now...I'm feeling a little depressed. =p
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